hearsay; rumor; rumour; report
interval; step; pitch; key
frog; kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
lewdness; lewd person; pervert; lecher
formal objection; opposition (e.g. to a patent)
transfer student; student changing schools
receiving; acceptance; reception
flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily
relationship; connection; involvement; entanglement; implication (e.g. in a crime)
fluent (in a language); flowing
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry
gorgeous; sumptuous; extravagant; luxurious
to accept an object and hold it reverently over one's head
the way one talks; one's way of speaking
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
popular name; common name; given name
going to the United States
to have a family (e.g. wife or husband and children); to raise a family
to make (somewhere) one's final home; to make (a place) one's final resting place; to do (something) for the rest of one's life; to devote (the rest of) one's life to (something)
mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
leading (e.g. role); instructive; guiding
Europe and America; the West
unlucky year; critical year; year (esp. age 25 and 42 for men, 19 and 33 for women) that is considered unlucky (orig. in Onmyōdō); bad year; annus horribilis
unemployment; losing one's job; becoming unemployed
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
to give; to do (something) for
foreign-made car; imported car; paddle wheel
unnatural death; accidental death; violent death
assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor